Two Old Furry Fans, Episode #3b: In which Mark gets his “skiltaire” put in a role-playing game, and helps to start anime fandom in America, while Rodney gets started down the path to Furry Fandom thanks to two Disney mice. Meanwhile, rabbits go to war, and Ralph Bakshi actually makes a good movie.

Two Old Furry Fans, Episode #3a: In which Mark and Rodney talking about fun furry findings at Disneyland, the world confronts the appearance of Star Wars and The Rescuers, and Mark starts to write furry science fiction. So just what is a skiltaire, anyway?

Mark and Rodney (Sy and Vinson) discuss Sy’s family background and his early memories of animation (Bambi!) and Disneyland. Then they take a detailed look at Osamu Tezuka, Fredd Ladd, and the success of Kimba the White Lion in America.

The very first Furry Fandom-themed convention, ConFurence 0, took place in January of 1989 in Costa Mesa, California. Twenty-five years later at Further Confusion in San Jose (also California), ConFurence 0 co-directors Mark Merlino and Rod O’Riley hosted a presentation celebrating where Furry conventions have been… by talking about where they came from.